TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 15, 2015

Quantified Learners: Moving Beyond Assessment. As assessment becomes more data-driven, however, it’s important that we remember what the real goal of this data should be. It’s not simply about better assessment; it’s about empowering better learning. By Andrew Smith Lewis.

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EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 7, 2018

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). MOOC is not a new concept in the e-learning industry. Many prestigious universities such as Harvard offers MOOC at minimal or no cost. MOOC also offers group collaboration and feedback through online evaluation. Learning Management System (LMS). Open Education Resources (OER).

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2017

These statistics offer a somber reminder that the edtech industry does not produce quick, home run hits. Other EdSurge stories about edtech venture capital. 2016 US Edtech Funding Totals $1 Billion. Following Edtech Money (in-depth report on U.S. Rethink Education , an edtech investment firm based in White Plains, N.Y.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

The definition of asynchronous learning helps us understand the need for asynchronous access to this content, especially when this access is not through a dated university learning management system, but something more authentic to the student, maybe even accessed on their own mobile devices. Smarter Learning Management Systems.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 6, 2017

I realized that I was recording hours of deliberate practice (my early morning runs), formative assessments (the occasional speed workout on the track) and even a few summative assessments (races) on the app. As a thought experiment, I tried to recast my Strava experience in pedagogical terms. I could hardly blame them.

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Linways Technologies

MARCH 31, 2020

This sets institutional education apart from the MOOCs, or online course delivery tools. In addition to that maintaining a proper hierarchy in the higher education system plays a vital role in keeping the pace with the right goals and maintaining focus for the whole education process. The structure of a course should be systematic.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 2, 2016

It was an edtech entrepreneur’s dream on Wednesday at Intel’s Education Accelerator Demo Day. The company’s platform gets rid of the need for schools to make their own data systems or rely on multiple products to perform data analysis. million assessments, and is on track to hit 4 million in 2017. It’s been used for more than 2.5

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Plus: printers, smart speakers and privacy (oh my!) — all in this Edtech Reports Recap. But it may be enough to know the report exists and can be freely downloaded and doom-scrolled to assess the thinking of dozens of experts. At least, this is happening at the state level. Credential Engine: “ Counting U.S.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Bold claims have been made in the past decade about personalized learning, automated assessments and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Reich is executive director of the MIT Teaching Systems Lab and co-founder of EdTechTeacher. We do have to get better as a society at building interrupted school systems.” .

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EdTechTeacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

As a researcher, Justin has been carrying this concept into his work with MOOCs. As educators, one of our most critical challenges is to develop students into these learners who can take advantage of both formal and informal education systems. ” Most assessments in these disciplines require rapid fluency and memorization.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). A glimpse : “In China ’s Silicon Valley, Edtech Starts at the ‘MOOC Times Building’ ” Via Class Central : “By The Numbers: MOOCs in 2018.” Via Edsurge : “ GlassLab Set Out to Prove Games Could Assess Learning.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 2, 2017

It’s not a perfect system, but keep in mind that it was designed to protect students and your G Suite for Education accounts. 20 NEW Ways to Use #GoogleClassroom #gttribe #SUL #googleedu #gsuiteedu #edtech Click To Tweet. Badging Systems. googleedu #gsuiteedu #edtech Click To Tweet. After School Programs.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” MOOCs are dead , according to Udacity ’s VP. ” Never one to let a good MOOC story pass them by, Edsurge repeats the story. “MOOCs Are ”Dead.“ “ What’s Next? Uh-oh,” writes John Warner in IHE.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Clickers” are definitely not new — indeed, in my research for Teaching Machines , I found examples of classroom response systems dating back to the 1950s. In 2013, on the heels of “the Year of the MOOC,” Barber released a report titled “An Avalanche is Coming,” calling for the “unbundling” of higher education.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

” Via Edsurge : “Golden State GDPR: What the Edtech Industry Should Know About CA ’s New Privacy Rules.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ MOOCs May Still Be Reshaping Higher Education, Just Not In the Way That Was Initially Predicted.”

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 6, 2017

Kim, Researcch Scientist in the Learning Systems Lab, MIT What is your mission? MOOCs, technology infusion projects, online masters or pathways to credit, research. Engage the expertise of faculty to assess if tech you are using is effective. It's difficult to assess overall efficacy when data is not transparent.

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “Free MOOCs Face the Music,” writes Inside Higher Ed on edX ’s decision to start charging fees. More “MOOC” news under the job training section below. million for its MOOC platform. ” Labor and Management.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Asynchronous access to this content, especially when this access is not through a dated university learning management system, but something more authentic to the student, maybe even accessed on their own mobile devices. MOOCs are great ideas, but assessment and feedback loops and certification are among the many issues holding them back.

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GoConqr

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

But that hasn’t stopped us from asking a number of experts in education and technology to gaze into their crystal balls and share their thoughts on one major EdTech trend we can expect to see lighting up learning and one major challenge that education will face in 2016. Technology and the classroom – major trends and challenges.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

I first became involved in edtech as CEO of Xythos, a content repository system that was one of the first solutions that allowed universities and K-12 systems to have cloud based file sharing and storage. It was also licensed as the core of Blackboard’s content management system. If I could change one thing about the U.S.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Gotta keep hyping that MOOC thing. Via Edsurge : “ MOOCs Are No Longer Massive. ” Via Class Central : “Class Central’s Top 50 MOOCs of All Time (2018 edition).” Writing assessment company Writable has raised $3.2

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Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

Via Edsurge : “ Office of Edtech Wants Help Making Sense of All Those Higher Ed Providers.” Paul School System.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Vive la MOOC révolution. ” “Orphan MOOCs and the Digital Dark Ages” by Jeffrey Pomerantz in Hybrid Pedagogy.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Via Mother Jones : “How the Justice Department Is Trying to Dismantle Georgia ’s Segregated Special-Education System.” ” “Two assessment companies – Educational Testing Service and Data Recognition Corp. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). and Corinthian Colleges Inc.

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Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

. “ ACT said Monday that students with disabilities who apply for accommodations on the college entrance exam ‘will soon benefit from a new system that will simplify and speed up the application process,’” Politico reports. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOCs for credit !

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Smith, Director of Programs Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for STEM - Revolutionary or Evolutionary?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 6, 2020

Some of these courses are offered through the university system, but many others are made available outside of traditional academia. Massive Open Online Courses (Sometimes referred to as MOOCs) – MOOCs are readily available courses that are presented online. MOOCs are not an ideal way for most students to learn.

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

senators released a bill Monday that would overturn the ban on a federal student-level data system that would allow for the tracking of employment and graduation rates. ” That’s the Collegiate Learning Assessment exam (a.k.a. “​ Intel Hits Pause on Edtech Accelerator,” says Edsurge. That’s UploadVR.

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Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

” “ No Sign of Edtech In Department of Education’s Full Federal Budget Proposal,” Edsurge frets. I really like the part where she compares those who defend the current education system to “flat-earthers.” ” Via Education Week : “Market Is Booming for Digital Formative Assessments.”

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “Analysis of Georgia Tech ’s MOOC-inspired online master’s in computer science suggests that institutions can successfully deliver high-quality, low-cost degrees to students at scale.” “Many are never the same.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Here’s a link to all the stories in Slate’s series on online credit recovery programs. “After the Hype, Do MOOC Ventures Like edX Still Matter?” Via the BBC : “ Edinburgh University blames a system error for ‘failed degree’ emails.”

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Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

’” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Reminder: a lot of MOOC news is now job training news, so you’ll find some updates in that section below. Via EdScoop : “‘Deliberate cyberattack ’ delays online assessments in five states.” Edtech Companies?”

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Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Historically black universities have been dropped from a controversial North Carolina bill slashing tuition at certain institutions to $500, but worries about the legislation’s effects remain high at two universities still facing tuition cuts – and across the state system.”

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Hack Education

APRIL 21, 2017

Testing, Testing… Via Education Week : “ Rhode Island drops unpopular standardized test system.” ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via WCTI12.com ” “ MOOCs Started Out Completely Free. “Can a District Disrupt the Edtech Industry ?” Priorities.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 5, 2016

It calls for ending the privatization of schools , returning ‘real community control ’ to school systems, and advocates sweeping reform of school discipline policies.” Turkey also alleges the school system misused U.S. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOCs, CAI, and now this.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

.” “Free College” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The California Community Colleges announced Tuesday that the Board of Governors Fee Waiver program, which provides nearly half of the system’s 2.1 Via Motherboard : “ New System Knows How Hard You’re Thinking Based on Thermal Imaging.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2016

This comes as the majority of students in the US public school system are now students of color. The latter group, which is more likely to be comprised of Black, Latino, and low-income students, performed better on writing assessments when writing with pencil and paper. The majority of teachers are still white.).

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Hack Education

JUNE 3, 2016

The court has said that schools will have to close if the Legislature does not correct inequity in the system by the end of June.” ” “Word about the Vector Assessment of Readiness for College, or Vector A.R.C., Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” (Psst.

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